BIRTH STATISTICS IN THE CITY AND RURAL AREAS

Legislative Assembly of Singapore · 18 November 1957 · 1st Legislative Assembly

Official Report, 18 November 1957, Vol 4, Issue 5 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Goh Tong Liang

"Mr Goh Tong Liang: To ask the Chief Secretary how many babies were born in the City and the rural areas of Singapore from

(a) 1st November,1955, to 31st October, 1956; and

(b) 1st November,1956, to 31st October, 1957."

Pursuant to Standing Order 16 (2), the Chief Secretary supplied the following answer:-

"During the period 1st November, 1955, to 31st October, 1956, 43,620 babies were born in the City area and 16,442 in the rural areas.

I regret that I am unable to quote figures for the whole of the period covered by the second part of your question, i.e. 1st November, 1956, to 31st October, 1957, since the figures for the months after July are not yet available. 34,189 babies were born in the City area and 12,319 in the rural areas during the period 1st November, 1956, to 31st July, 1957."

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 18 November 1957. Republished on SGParliament.